The City Beautiful Movement

by William H. Wilson and Professor William H. Wilson

Book Overview

Winner of the Lewis Mumford Prize from the Society for American City and Regional Planning HistoryWinner of the Outstanding Book in Architecture and Urban Planning Award from the Association of American Publishers

Critics of the turn-of-the-century's City Beautiful Movement denounced its projects--broad, tree-lined boulevards and monumental but low-lying civic buildings--as grandiose and unnecessary. In this masterful analysis, William H...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801849780
• ISBN13: 9780801849787
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.2"